"Basic physics: If I could get in front of him and let him hit me, the delta difference in speed would just be a few miles an hour, and we could slow down together," Innes explained.
A manager of Boeing's F22 fighter-jet program, Innes dodged the truck, then looked back to see that the driver was slumped over the wheel. He knew a busy intersection was just ahead, and he had to act fast. Without consulting the passengers in his minivan ? "there was no time to take a vote" ? Innes kicked into engineer mode.
"Basic physics: If I could get in front of him and let him hit me, the delta difference in speed would just be a few miles an hour, and we could slow down together," Innes explained.
Arrghh.. I forgot to uncheck the "Canadian News" box..
If he was going to a Mariners game he didn't miss much by crashing his van. As the matter of fact the Mariners season was likely a bigger crash than the one he was involved in.
Nice to see people who can think on their feet, or in this case ass though, since it's becoming a lost skill, given all the electronic gadgets we've become integrated with.
"Basic physics: If I could get in front of him and let him hit me, the delta difference in speed would just be a few miles an hour, and we could slow down together," Innes explained.
Arrghh.. I forgot to uncheck the "Canadian News" box..
Good story though.
Nice to see people who can think on their feet, or in this case ass though, since it's becoming a lost skill, given all the electronic gadgets we've become integrated with.